Summary of "The undercover parent."

This article delves into the dark world of the internet, how harmful it may be to young children and how far some parents are willing to go to ensure their children's security while browsing the internet. In the article, Coben argues in favor of parents putting spyware on their kids' computers. He feels that parents will be able to protect their child from the dangers of the Internet by monitoring everything they do. In doing so, the parents would be able to protect their children from things such as cyber bullying, sexual predators, financial scams etc. Coben emphasizes how protective parents are of their children these days but interestingly more so when it comes to minute things such as fighting their childrens' battles on the playground, confronting their coaches about their kids' playing time etc. but when it comes to things such as pedophiles on the internet or graphic images they're nowhere near as concerned. This article brings up a very important question; when is parenting considered "going too far?" To most people it's tough to know when it's either not enough or far too much. This often results in children wither rebelling when they get older from being controlled as a child or being too cautious and fearful as a result of negligence.